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Navaho

[ nav-uh-hoh, nah-vuh- ]
/ ˈnæv əˌhoʊ, ˈnɑ və- /
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noun, adjective plural Nav·a·hos, Nav·a·hoes, (especially collectively) Nav·a·ho,
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Navaho

Navajo

/ (ˈnævəˌhəʊ, ˈnɑː-) /

noun
plural -ho, -hos, -hoes, -jo, -jos or -joes a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

Word Origin for Navaho

C18: from Spanish Navajó pueblo, from Tena Navahu large planted field
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